The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith.
Ruth Chatterton
Agnes Meredith
Fredric March
Trumbull Meredith
John Cromwell
Walter Babbing
Fred Kohler
Joe Cooper
Mickey Bennett
Barney Cook
Vondell Darr
Peggy Meredith
Jack Oakie
Dopey Hart
Zasu Pitts
Rose Gleason
Richard Tucker
Blackie Baker
Eugene Pallette
Madison
Robert Milton
Director
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer
Jul 28, 1918
Dec 5, 2008
Jun 17, 2017
Aug 30, 2011
Dec 2, 2017
Sep 13, 2013
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Dec 12, 2003
Nov 21, 1941
Dec 24, 1944
Nov 17, 1939
Jun 23, 1978
Apr 19, 2001
Feb 3, 1989
Aug 22, 2025
Aug 21, 2025
Paramount Pictures
US
United States
